I’m an MCPS teacher, AMA!

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Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

“Loser?” “Triggered?” Are you 12?

Oh, and you’re not getting “systemwide change,” but feel free to continue wasting your time.

Posters here have complained that students cannot write at HS level, that MS is too easy, and that the prep for AP classes is terrible. Yet the only time you (parent blamer) and the one trick pony (free tutoring lady) show yourselves is at the mention of “learning loss.” So yes, you are the names I called you.

DP. For every parent who says MS is too easy, there’s one who says it’s too demanding.

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Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

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I have a question for the OP. At a W feeder ES school, does everyone actually score in the 99th percentile on the MAP tests? Cause every dcum kid is 99th percentile. So just wondering… thanks

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The HS classes have 30, sometimes 35 and more kids in them. Even at 30, that's 150 kids. If you were their teacher, even their AP English or AP GOV, APUSH, AP COMP GOV, or AP WORLD teacher, would you be able to provide decent feedback to 150 kids? Would you want to read/grade 150 research papers?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

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Anonymous wrote:Will my kids ever be taught to write at the high school level? Including direct feedback and editing from their teachers? Or writing assignments longer than two pages?

They should take AP courses in English and social studies.
—Not OP.

Oldest has. Still waiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The HS classes have 30, sometimes 35 and more kids in them. Even at 30, that's 150 kids. If you were their teacher, even their AP English or AP GOV, APUSH, AP COMP GOV, or AP WORLD teacher, would you be able to provide decent feedback to 150 kids? Would you want to read/grade 150 research papers?

Our teachers did back in the day. They also had 5 classes of 30 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:The HS classes have 30, sometimes 35 and more kids in them. Even at 30, that's 150 kids. If you were their teacher, even their AP English or AP GOV, APUSH, AP COMP GOV, or AP WORLD teacher, would you be able to provide decent feedback to 150 kids? Would you want to read/grade 150 research papers?

Our teachers did back in the day. They also had 5 classes of 30 kids.

But I recognize that teachers today have a lot more administrative-type tasks. Maybe we can figure out how to streamline those or get more support.

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OP, what do you think about the calendar? Do you think it is ideal for student learning? Do you think it can be improved upon, and if so, how?

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Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

My kid fell behind because his class had to be evacuated several times per week (sometimes per day) due to 2 kids whose behavior was over-the-top. Don't say behavior doesn't interfere with academics. They finally sent one of the kids to another school and the other one stayed in the classroom for the entire year. He missed math a few days per week for the entire YEAR due to the behavior of 1-2 kids. This year, he is not in class with the second student but has a new student who takes up a lot of class time. I hired a math tutor for my son since he learned next to nothing last year. Luckily he was ahead in the other subjects.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

My kid fell behind because his class had to be evacuated several times per week (sometimes per day) due to 2 kids whose behavior was over-the-top. Don't say behavior doesn't interfere with academics. They finally sent one of the kids to another school and the other one stayed in the classroom for the entire year. He missed math a few days per week for the entire YEAR due to the behavior of 1-2 kids. This year, he is not in class with the second student but has a new student who takes up a lot of class time. I hired a math tutor for my son since he learned next to nothing last year. Luckily he was ahead in the other subjects.

Ok cool. That has nothing to do with the question I asked OP or the responses I received (not from OP of course). If you have a different question to ask OP, please go ahead and do so.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

My kid fell behind because his class had to be evacuated several times per week (sometimes per day) due to 2 kids whose behavior was over-the-top. Don't say behavior doesn't interfere with academics. They finally sent one of the kids to another school and the other one stayed in the classroom for the entire year. He missed math a few days per week for the entire YEAR due to the behavior of 1-2 kids. This year, he is not in class with the second student but has a new student who takes up a lot of class time. I hired a math tutor for my son since he learned next to nothing last year. Luckily he was ahead in the other subjects.

Ok cool. That has nothing to do with the question I asked OP or the responses I received (not from OP of course). If you have a different question to ask OP, please go ahead and do so.

Are you the moderator? Nope. Stay in your lane. My question is....why are so many kids jerks? Oh, I know why. Their parents are jerks too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

System wide change? You mean parents holding themselves responsible for once? Never gonna happen,but that'd be nice. No one is "triggered" we just deal with the repercussions of you not raising your kids on a daily basis.

If you actually believed that, you would have scolded the parents who said their kids weren’t prepped for APs or can’t write. But no, we see what set you off to mean comments. Happens in nearly every thread these days.

Parent teacher conferences just happened.. you’d never believe the incredulous “my child acts like that?! It will end tonight…” cue to the next day and their kid acts exactly the same. You all have a role. It’s very easy to blame someone else. No one is scolding anyone. Not sure where the disconnect is. Parents seem to want to be victims instead of being responsible. Immature people blame everyone else. We’re mean. It’s the schools fault! I get this has been your laurel to rest on since 2020 but at some point, you’re going to have to take responsibility.

I really wish parenting classes were mandatory. Kids rule the roost and it shows in school. Parents don't want to discipline their kids because they don't want to be mean or they are too tired. Tough! We are all tired but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I sent my kid out into the world for other people to deal with because I didn't want to do it.

Red herring folks. We’re talking about falling behind in academics. Rather than acknowledging that, it must be because any poster who complains have behavioral issues with their children. News flash. Kids can be well behaved and do homework and still have gaps. You cannot even address the point and deflect. And by the way, I was at parent teacher conferences and all of the teachers acknowledge these academic gaps.

My kid fell behind because his class had to be evacuated several times per week (sometimes per day) due to 2 kids whose behavior was over-the-top. Don't say behavior doesn't interfere with academics. They finally sent one of the kids to another school and the other one stayed in the classroom for the entire year. He missed math a few days per week for the entire YEAR due to the behavior of 1-2 kids. This year, he is not in class with the second student but has a new student who takes up a lot of class time. I hired a math tutor for my son since he learned next to nothing last year. Luckily he was ahead in the other subjects.

Ok cool. That has nothing to do with the question I asked OP or the responses I received (not from OP of course). If you have a different question to ask OP, please go ahead and do so.

Are you the moderator? Nope. Stay in your lane. My question is....why are so many kids jerks? Oh, I know why. Their parents are jerks too.

The “stay in your lane” poster reappears.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we remediate learning loss that we are currently experiencing?

I don't know, maybe do your job as a parent?

Lol, you and the loser below are clearly not teachers (and definitely not the OP of this thread). You folks sure are triggered by those seeking system wide change.

“Loser?” “Triggered?” Are you 12?

Oh, and you’re not getting “systemwide change,” but feel free to continue wasting your time.

Posters here have complained that students cannot write at HS level, that MS is too easy, and that the prep for AP classes is terrible. Yet the only time you (parent blamer) and the one trick pony (free tutoring lady) show yourselves is at the mention of “learning loss.” So yes, you are the names I called you.

DP. For every parent who says MS is too easy, there’s one who says it’s too demanding.

More evidence that this equity push is kind of silly. Kids are different, and it's better to meet them where they are instead of attempting to force equal outcomes. People have different goals and values. Many don't want the same outcome.